Holocaust
Reading Comprehension Worksheet

Directions:
Read the document and answer the questions below.

With the
passage of the Nuremberg Laws by the Reichstag on September
15, 1935, the first direct attack on individual Jews was launched.
These laws mark a sharp progression toward an irreversible anti-Semitic
policy. In the future, no Jew would be able to escape intensified
persecution.

September
15, 1935

Law for
the Protection of German Blood and German Honor

"Marriages
between Jews and subjects of German or kindred blood are forbidden...Extramarital
intercourse forbidden between Jews and subjects of German or
kindred blood...Jews are forbidden to fly the Reich and national
flag and to display Reich colors...They are, on the other hand,
allowed to display the Jewish colors...Whoever violates the
prohibition...will be punished by penal servitude."

1.
What judicial event marked the beginning of Jewish persecution?

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2. The Nuremberg
law stated that someone of Jewish could not do what?

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3.
Oddly, the Nuremberg law stated that someone of Jewish could do
what?

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4.
Do you feel a government controlling aspects of your life, such as
marriage, is beneficial in any way? How is it negative? Explain your
answers.